Abstracts
IGU Commission Geography of Governance
Workshop
New Challenges of Decentralisation
ABSTRACTS
Registration
Workshop opening
Ilona Pálné Kovács (CERS HAS Institute for Regional Studies, Hungary)
Carlos Nunes Silva (University of Lisbon, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Portugal)
Plenary session
Pawel Swianiewicz (University of Warsaw, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, Poland): Municipal territorial reforms in Europe of 21st century – the dominant discourse of the reforms
Coffee break
Panel 1 – Theory of decentralisation
Chair: Carlos Nunes Silva (University of Lisbon, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Portugal)
Ludmila Malikova (Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia): Trends , advantages and disadvantages of decentralization in Slovakia
Ivaldo Lima (Fluminense Federal University, Department of Geography, Brazil): Challenges of territorial governance: concentrated decentralization in Brazil
Mariusz Wiktor Sienkiewicz (Marie Curie Sklodowska University, Faculty of Political Science, Poland): Determinants and effects of the process of decentralization of public administration in Poland - do we need a redefinition of the adopted model?
Anna Trono (University of Salento, Italy): A new governance in the tourism sector in Italy
Lunch
Panel 2 – Dynamism (process) of decentralisation reforms
Chair: Ilona Pálné Kovács (CERS HAS Institute for Regional Studies, Hungary)
Carlos Nunes Silva (University of Lisbon, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Portugal): Decentralization in Africa: the case of Angola and Mozambique
Iwona Sagan, Jakub H. Szlachetko (University of Gdansk, Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, Poland): Recentralization processes in Poland: the governmental policy of small steps
Ágnes Simon (University of Pécs, Department of Political Science and International Studies, Hungary): Regionalism, decentralization, regional elections in France
Rassem Khamaisi (University of Haifa, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Israel): Decentralization under siege
Coffee break
Panel 3 – Cities in multi-level governance
Chair: Anna Trono (University of Salento. Italy)
Edit Somlyódyné Pfeil (Széchenyi István University, Kautz Gyula Faculty of Economics, Hungary): New methods of centralisation – The case of the Hungarian self-government system
Bartosz Bartosiewicz, Katarzyna Leśniewska-Napierała (University of Lodz, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Poland): Towards recentralization – remarks on the institutionalization of cooperation in metropolitan areas in Poland
Ira Bliatka (Institute for Democracy 21, Czech Republic): Revisiting the Urban Renewal - Public Participation nexus: the Case of Euroméditerranée and Marseille’s Marche aux Puces
Dragoș Dragoman (Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania): Territorial reform initiatives and failures in Romania: a longitudinal analysis
End of day 1
Joint dinner
Day 2 - 10 May 2019 (Friday)
Panel 4 – Development policy and decentralisation
Chair: László Kákai (University of Pécs, Faculty of Humanities, Hungary)
István Finta (CERS HAS Institute for Regional Studies, Hungary): Decentralization and territorial approach in the European Union's regulation
Łukasz Mikuła (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Poland): Metropolitan spatial planning as a challenge of decentralization in Central Eastern Europe
Boglárka Barsi (CERS HAS Institute for Regional Studies, Hungary): Possibilities and barriers of smart city development in rural areas – examples from Hungary and Slovakia
Zsuzsanna Zsibók (CERS HAS Institute for Regional Studies, Hungary): Tackling territorial inequalities through devolution and decentralisation – The case of the United Kingdom around the time of Brexit
Coffee break
Panel 5 – Public policies and decentralisation
Chair: Iwona Sagan (University of Gdansk, Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, Poland)
Tamás Vasvári (University of Pécs, Faculty of Business and Economics, Hungary): Decentralization and soft budget constraint: How important is the coincidence of beneficiaries and payers?
Leonardo Letelier S., Hector Ormeño C. (University of Chile, Institute of Public Affairs, Chile): Education and Decentralization in Chile. A multilevel analysis
László Kákai (University of Pécs, Faculty of Humanities, Hungary): Changes in local public services in Hungary in terms of decentralization
Judit Keller (CERS HAS Institute for Regional Studies, Hungary): The limits of place-based initiatives in (re)centralised regimes
Closing session
Lunch
Post-conference excursion in Pécs downtown and the Zsolnay Quartier